disinfectant

IPA: dɪsɪnfˈɛktʌnt

Examples of "disinfectant" in Sentences

(Soaked in disinfectant solution 12 minutes, too.)
A disinfectant is a substance which destroys infectious material.
The smell of disinfectant is quite vile and doesn’t quite go with your dinner.
The word disinfectant is synonymous with the term _bactericide_ or _germicide_.
Then researchers dunk their hands in disinfectant and exit through the chemical shower.
The disinfectant is a deadly poison, and whoever puts on those clothes is forever doomed.
The room already smells of disinfectant, which is more palatable than death, but less honest.
Everyone always talks about "washing fruits and vegetables" and soaking in disinfectant when you live there.
But really I wonder if the reason for the iodine disinfectant is more because the water is not potable than there is much difference in the relative contamination of the fruits and veggies themselves.
Although you hear of people using either calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide for this purpose under the name "lime", the intended lime for disease epidemics, sanitizing latrines, and similar applications where large quantities of a low-cost disinfectant is needed is actually a third different lime.